Saturday, 26 May 2012

Nearly finished Wolf Lord (that's what he is at the moment, may change with more games)

Wolf Priest more or less done...

And finally the Lone Wolf, mainly doing a few of the main models to see how the new paints work and getting an idea of how easy the grey is to do, gone for a nice dark grey not the silly blue grey the Space Wolves seem to have gone too these days.

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Really sad day for me today. My dad passed away peacefully this morning. Whilst he never 'got' my obsession with small soldiers; he supported me in anything I did and was a great dad. He fought for so long against Parkinson's and Louis Bodie's dementia but he gave up his fight at 10:10 this morning. Rest in peace dad, we love you.

Sunday, 20 May 2012

We have dabbled with a few different rule sets for 28mm WW2 and our hopes are now pinned on Bolt Action released in August. On the strength of this I have bought an SS platoon with support. Assembled and ready for the next step

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

This is my second attempt at 15mm scale hedge. A few small improvements to be made but certainly good enough for the table

For those that are interested, I used a hot glue gun to stick clump foliage on to strips of hardboard. I then coated the foliage with watered down PVA glue and left to dry (about 2 days) Then went back and used PVA and sand on the bare areas. Three shades of brown and then some static grass. Only another 11ft to paint and static grass and we will be fighting in the rural heartland of your favourite country.

Monday, 7 May 2012

Well it's yet another wonderful May day bank holiday.......rain, rain and more rain. So more time for hobbies....

Seeing as everyone seems to be showing there painting area I thought I'd join the club and post a picture of mine too.

Simple with loads of space.......to much space sometimes.

Anyway what have I been upto, well finally finished off a few more of my Crimson Fist heros.

Pedro Kantor with head swap.

My Captain Cortez conversion from many moons ago.....no longer in his kitchen Clint!!!

And finally my Librarian conversion with storm shield.

p.s.......WIP Space Wolves..........

Right well that is all, I'm off to start some more painting and get ready for another day off tomorrow as it's my birthday....will I get any new toys....highly unlikely seeing as the wife thinks I have more than enough......

Friday, 4 May 2012

Today the post man delivered me some Skraelings from Gripping Beast to be used in their SAGA game.

The 4pt starter army contains, 1 Warlord, 3x 8 warriors (8 different poses) and 12 levies (4 different poses), my pack also came with their unique battle board and a double sided A4 set of rules for this faction.

As a club we aren't planning to actively play SAGA for a little while, so these guys will be going somewhere safe while I concentrate on finishing my Dark Eldar, FoW Yanks and 28mm Germans...

Lord Elfrith used his pale skinned hand to shield his eyes
from the low sun as he scanned the skyline.He was looking for, actually expecting to see, a dark speck that would
resolve into Lord Asbech on his dragon Viscous Mnementh.Nothing.He dropped his gaze, turned and walked back to his horse pulling on soft
leather gloves as he did so.He took the
reins from the knight holding his horse and not wearing armour he swung easily
up into the saddle.Without a word he
healed the horse into a gentle canter down into the valley, his bodyguard
following behind.The snaking ride down
the hillside helped reduce the irritability he felt about being corralled in
the valley for the last three days.He
wanted both war parties for the next attack but would proceed alone if
necessary.A dawn attack and a ruthless
plan would replace the additional warriors he wanted.

On the same ridge, downwind, a
figure shifted a musket from one rough hand to another, spat and replaced his
unlit pipe. The figure moving smoothly from the cover of a small copse, heading
down the other side of the hill and towards the city in the distance muttered
to himself ‘I hate fuckin’ Elves’